The 12th Andover (West) Scout Group
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Welcome to the 12th Andover (West) Scout Group website
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We are based in the Andover District in North Hampshire. Our Group meet at the Scout Hut on West Portway in Andover (see contact for more details).
Our group consists of Beaver, Cub & Scout sections and in addition, one of the District Explorer units also meets at our hut as well as a Networks section.
We have a great hut with lots of facilities, a large car park and a wonderfully large outside space that is fully and safely enclosed, allowing us to hold camps and many events within our own grounds.
The aim of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people and help them achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individual, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.
This website is continuously being added to so please browse it regularly to find new information on the 12th Andover (West) Scout Group.
Latest News
Skip completes 10 years at the 12th
Our long serving Scout leader Stuart (Skip) was awarded his 10 year service badge this week by our Group Scout Leader, Seán (Bagheera). Stuart has actually been here even longer than that but it has taken a while to get the badge awarded. Congratulations Skip and thank you from all of us at the 12th for all your hard work over so many years. Here’s to the next 10... read more
Beavers have a sleepover/camp at the 12th HQ
The Beavers had a great time this weekend at the annual winter camp. The day started with everyone completing a plan for something that they could later make from junk modelling. The main criteria was that it had to be a machine that could “do something”. There were some very creative, clever and detailed plans produced along with a list of the materials that they would need to use to make them. Next the Beavers moved on to making sock puppets. They had a large selection of craft materials that they could choose from to make their puppets and what a great job they did. With the puppets created, it was time for each group to plan and rehearse a puppet show. This activity ended with each of the four teams performing their puppet show to the rest of the group. Some Beavers were a little nervous of doing this but everyone took part and did an amazing job. The puppet shows really were very entertaining. The weather was so kind to us that we were able to get outside and play some games, plus they fitted in some team games inside as well. They all enjoyed chatting over dinner before then working together to get the dishes washed and dried. The evening was rounded off with hot chocolate, putting the tents up, pyjamas and teeth brushing before snuggling up to watch a film. A very big thank you to everyone that helped out this weekend, we really do appreciate it. The biggest thank you of all though must go to Rowan for all the time she has spent... read more
Beavers donate to Macmillan Cancer Support
Our wonderful Beavers spent some of last year doing all sorts of sponsored events such as a hike and selling things in order to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity which provides dedicated nurses for people who are ill as well as financial support for those with the disease who are in need and many other things. Brian (the chap in green in the photo) who is a Macmillan volunteer (and who has been awarded Macmillan volunteer of the year on 2 occasions) came along to speak to the Beavers about what Macmillan do and to hand out small gifts to the young people. After this the Beavers handed over a cheque to the charity and they had collected the amazing sum of £1083.20 What a terrific achievement by all our Beavers (with a little parental help no doubt). We are so proud of what they have done and thank you to Rowan, Kirsty, Hawkeye and all the parents who helped too. More details of how the money was raised are shown below (thanks to Kirsty) …… The 12th Andover (West) Beavers have been very busy fund raising. As part of their badge work the Beavers were required to select a charity that they wanted to raise money for. They then needed to decide how they were going to fund raise for their chosen charity. After a group discussion the 12th Andover (West) Beavers decided that they would like to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. They also decided that they would hold two events to raise funds. The first event was to be a night hike... read more
Shere Khan awarded his Wood beads
Last week at Cubs, Shere Khan (Paul) was presented with his wood beads by Stella Callow our Assistant District Commissioner. Part of being a leader in the Scout Association is the completion of all areas of your training. This includes training on the safe guarding of our young people, leadership, safety, first-aid and many other areas which all goes to help us ‘do our best’ as leaders. Once this has been completed (and it can take many months) leaders are awarded what are known as ‘wood beads’ which they can wear around their necks as a symbol of what they have achieved. Shere Khan completed his training last year but we have finally managed to award him his beads so well done and congratulations to him from us all.... read moreEx 12th Scouts receive Tanzania donations
We like to help our ex-members here at the 12th and recently we made donations to the fund-raising efforts of two of our ex-Scouts who are both off to Tanzania later this year for a wonderful experience that includes some free time but more importantly time helping on building projects. It’s wonderful that our young people can take part in such important work like this and we are proud of them. Well done to James Pay and Jack Head and we hope you both have a fantastic... read more